Definition
from H631; a bond (especially manacles of a prisoner)
Traditional renderings: band, prison.
Traditional renderings: band, prison.
Usage patterns
Occurrences
3 total
- Judges 15:14אֱסוּרָ֖יו · and the bondsWhen Samson arrived in Lehi, the Philistines came out shouting against him. And the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him. The ropes on his arms became like burnt flax, and the bonds broke loose from his hands.
- Ecclesiastes 7:26אֲסוּרִ֣ים · [are] chainsAnd I find more bitter than death the woman who is a snare, whose heart is a net, and whose hands are chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is ensnared.
- Jeremiah 37:15הָאֵס֗וּרThe officials were angry with Jeremiah, and they beat him and placed him in jail in the house of Jonathan the scribe, for it had been made into a prison.